Search Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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  • Board of Enrollment
    Organization
    Board of Enrollment
    1863-03-03 1866-08-28

    Military board for enrolling recruits for the enrollment branch of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau. Established by the United States War Department on March 3, 1863. Abolished on August 28, 1866.

  • 4th Congressional District
    Organization
    4th Congressional District
    1803

    Consisted of Shelby, Spencer, Anderson, Bullitt, Nelson, Washington, Marion, Larue, Hardin, Meade, Taylor, Green, Adair, and Casey counties in the west central area of Kentucky. Represented by William Clayton Anderson from 1859-1861 and Aaron Harding from 1861-1865. Provisional Government representative to Congress of the Confederate States of America: James Stone Chrisman.

  • City of Louisville
    Organization
    City of Louisville
    1851

    Administrative body of the city of Louisville, Kentucky.

  • Pendleton Circuit Court
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    Pendleton Circuit Court

    Located in the 9th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): S. M. Moore and Joseph Doniphan. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): W. E. Arthur and R. B. Carpenter. Clerk(s): M. Mullins and C. A. Wanderlohr.

  • 72nd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia
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    72nd Regiment Kentucky Enrolled Militia

    State militia organization from Kentucky. Militia in existence in March 1864. Commander(s): Colonel James W. Caperton.

  • 18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)
    Organization
    18th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)
    1862-02-08 1865-04-04

    Organized in north-central Kentucky. Mustered into service on February 8, 1862. Mustered out of service on April 4, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel William A. Warner, Lieutenant Colonel John J. Landrum, and Lieutenant Colonel H. K. Milward.

  • Kentucky State Penitentiary
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    Kentucky State Penitentiary
    1798 1884

    State prison of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky. Operated from 1798 to 1884. Keeper(s): Jeremiah W. South (1859-1863) and Harry I. Todd (1863-1871).

  • Kentucky State Guard
    Organization
    Kentucky State Guard
    1860-03-05 1865-03-04

    The volunteer and active militia from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Existed from 1860 to 1865. Commander(s): Simon Bolivar Buckner, John W. Finnell, Daniel W. Lindsey.

  • Adair Circuit Court
    Organization
    Adair Circuit Court

    Located in the 6th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1861. Judge: Thomas E. Bramlette. Commonwealth's Attorney: Ephraim L. Van Winkle. Clerk: Junius Caldwell.

    Located in the 15th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1862 to 1865. Judge: Thomas T. Alexander. Commonwealth's Attorney: John H. C. Sandidge. Clerk: James T. Page.

  • 65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.)
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    65th Regiment of Kentucky Militia (U.S.A.)
    1864-05-21 1864-06-21

    Composed of militia from Johnson County, Kentucky. Commander(s): Burgess Preston.

  • Scott Circuit Court
    Organization
    Scott Circuit Court
    1793

    Located in the 13th Judicial District of Kentucky. Judge(s): William C. Goodloe. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): William S. Downey. Clerk(s): James Y. Kelley and John W. Holloway.

  • Caldwell County Court
    Organization
    Caldwell County Court

    Located in Princeton, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailer, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): John Newt Turner. Clerk(s): James C. Weller (1860-1861), William E. Mitchusson (1861-1863), and James C. Barnes (deputy clerk 1860-1861, clerk in 1865).

  • Adair County Court
    Organization
    Adair County Court

    Located in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Richard T. Garnett. Clerk(s): Sinclair Wheat and John W. Butler.

  • The Princeton Bulletin
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    The Princeton Bulletin

    Newspaper in Princeton, Kentucky. Printed in 1860 and 1861. Owner(s): Charles Henry Ingram. Editor(s): Arthur J. Patterson.

  • Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army
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    Office of Quartermaster of U. S. Army
    1775-06-16

    Chief supply office for the U. S. Army. This office operated a system of field depots and a transportation network to deliver the goods to the soldiers, also responsible for burial of war dead and care of national cemeteries from 1862. Civil war-era U. S. Quartermasters General: Brigadier General Thomas Sidney Jesup (May 1818 - June 1860), Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnson (June 1860 - April 1861), Major General Montgomery C. Meigs (April 1861 - February 1882).

  • 39th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)
    Organization
    39th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)
    1863-02-16 1865-09-15

    Organized at Peach Orchard, Kentucky. Mustered in on February 16, 1863. Mustered out on September 15, 1865. Commander(s): Colonel John Dils Jr. and Colonel David A. Mims.

  • Fleming County State Guard (Captain Barber's Company)
    Organization
    Fleming County State Guard (Captain Barber's Company)
    1865-06-14 1865-11-04

    State militia organization from Fleming County, Kentucky. Organized in Fleming County. Mustered in on June 14, 1865, and mustered out on November 4, 1865. Commander(s): Captain George R. Barber.

  • 12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)
    Organization
    12th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.)
    1862-03-01 1866-02-15

    Organized at Niles, Michigan, Dowagiac, Michigan, and Buchanan, Michigan between December 9, 1861 and March 1, 1862. Mustered in on March 5, 1862 and mustered out on February 15, 1866.

  • Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
    Organization
    Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas
    1790

    Located in Hamilton County, Ohio. Judge(s): M.W. Oliver (1858-1867), Patrick Mallon (1858-1861), Isaac C. Collins (1860-1861), Nicholas Headington (1861-1867), and Charles C. Murdock (1861-1877). State's attorney(s): Theophilus Gaines (1859-1863) and E.B. Hutcheson (1864-1865). Clerk(s): Richard H. Stone (1858-1861), Charles E. Cist (1861-1864), and Benjamin J. Horton (1864-1867).

  • Louisville Journal
    Organization
    Louisville Journal
    1830 1868

    Louisville, Kentucky, newspaper. Owners(s): A. J. Buxton and George W. Weissinger. Editor(s): George D. Prentice.

  • Mason County Jail
    Organization
    Mason County Jail
    1796

    Detention facility in Mason County, Kentucky. Located in Maysville, Kentucky. Jailer(s): William B. Parker (1861-1862).

  • Cumberland County Court
    Organization
    Cumberland County Court

    Located in Burksville, Cumberland County, Kentucky. Administratively contains the county offices of the sheriff, coroner, surveyor, jailor, county assessor, county attorneys, and constables. Judge(s): Thomas C. Winfrey. Clerk(s): N. B. Cheatham and L. A. Waggener.

  • Franklin Circuit Court
    Organization
    Franklin Circuit Court

    Located in the Eighth Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): Elijah F. Nuttall and George C. Drane. Commonwealth's Attorney(s): Patrick U. Major and John L. Scott. Clerk(s): Philip Swigert and Walter R. Franklin.

  • Kentucky Central Railway
    Organization
    Kentucky Central Railway
    1856 1881

    Railroad company in Kentucky. Created by joining the Covington & Lexington Railroad and the Lexington & Danville Railroad by the Kentucky General Assembly in March 1856. Owner(s): Robert Bonner Bowler and heirs (1858-1873). Secretary of the board of directors: Alfred Hall Ransom.

  • Capital Guard Regiment
    Organization
    Capital Guard Regiment
    1863-07-11 1865?

    Sanctioned by War Department as a regiment of Kentucky State Troops. Consisted of three battalions stationed near Frankfort, Paducah, and the Sandy Valley. Commander(s): Colonel Pierce B. Hawkins and Lieutenant Colonel Jesse J. Craddock.